Are we there yet?

Most of the kitchen is in its final form now, and we're just waiting to hear from the contractor about when his people can come hook up the lights and appliances. The bamboo countertop is in, and it looks great. While we're sitting around waiting for the next step, my dad decided to fill in some dead space under the doorway beam by building me some custom shelves to hold all my cookbooks.

Once the appliances are installed, the final step will be putting up the tile backsplash. Hopefully we'll be cooking in the kitchen within the next few days. Moving all the pots and pans and dishes and silverware and food items out of storage to fill all the cabinets is going to be a huge task.